TM 5-3810-306-34
BOOM INSTALLATION
TOOLS:
General mechanic's tool kit: automotive (5180-00-177-7033)
Lifting device (10 ton Capacity)
SUPPLIES:
Lockwashers (Item 26, Appendix B) (2 Required)
Grease (Item 37, Appendix B)
EQUIPMENT CONDITIONS:
Outriggers fully extended and lowered.
(Refer to TM 5-3810-306-10.)
Auxiliary boom nose removed. (Refer to TM 5-3810-306-20.)
PAT/LMI components removed. (Refer to Chapter 14.)
Boom floodlight and harness removed.
(Refer to TM 5-3810-306-20.)
REMOVAL:
WARNING
Boom weighs approximately 13,135
pounds (5,958 Kg).
Ensure that
blocking and lifting devices are
capable of supporting weight of
boom.
NOTE
Boom can be disassembled without
removing boom from crane if base
section does not require replacement.
1. ATTACH AN ADEQUATE LIFTING DEVICE
BOOM, PROVIDING AN EQUAL WEIGHT
DISTRIBUTION.
2. TAG AND DISCONNECT HYDRAULIC LINES
TO TELESCOPE CYLINDER, CAP OPEN
LINES.
3. ELEVATE BOOM SLIGHTLY TO ALLOW FOR
WITHDRAWAL OF LIFT CYLINDER ROD
ENDS.
4. REMOVE LIFT CYLINDERS.
WARNING
a. Block lift cylinders.
Failure to properly support boom lift
b. Take up
any slack
in
boom
lifting
cylinders could result in injury or
device(s).
death to personnel.
c. Remove capscrew (2), washers (3), and
retainer blocks (4) from lift cylinders (1).
d. Remove rod end anchor shafts (5)
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